Rajiv Nayan

Arms Trade Treaty and Africa

On April 2, 2013, the UNGA approved the draft text of the ATT- 154 countries voted for the treaty, three voted against and 23 abstained. It remains to be seen...

Rajiv Nayan |
November-December 2015 |
Africa Trends

29th Plenary Meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime and India’s Membership

Expediting India’s membership process would be a win-win situation for both India and the MTCR. The prevailing uncertainty will end for India and the MTCR will get an effective and...

Rajiv Nayan |
October 16, 2015 |
IDSA Comments

Strategic Significance of the India-Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

As Australia and India have to deepen their security cooperation for a peaceful prosperous and stable Asia-Pacific region, both the countries will have to manage global nuclear commerce together.

Rajiv Nayan |
September 15, 2014 |
IDSA Comments

UNSCR 1540: A decade of existence

The success of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 should not make the international community overlook persisting problems. The objective of the 1540 is to internationalise WMD security by...

Rajiv Nayan |
April 28, 2014 |
IDSA Comments

Nuclear Security Summit: An Assessment

In the years to come, a lot more activity on nuclear security can be expected and much of it will arise from the commitment taken by states at the three...

Arvind Gupta, Rajiv Nayan |
March 29, 2014 |
IDSA Comments

Does Nuclear Asia have its Own Dangers?

There are no properly functioning Asian security institutions or regimes to regulate Asia’s nuclear politics and has to rely on global institutions and regimes for regulation of its nuclear politics...